Comments on: Google bashing and Screw Google mentality!

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:26:47 +0000

Simon, If you are a prolific public figure in the blogosphere, definitely you need to control your emotions on forums etc

By: Simon from Otooo

Simon from Otooo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:48:31 +0000

I better watch my mouth on forums then - Google might start having a grudge against meI never realised that the battle escalated so bigSimon from Otooo's last blog post...It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:52:52 +0000

@Mitch, thanks for your views on this… In John Chows’ case it’s not just about paid links and paid reviews but he also his thoughts on about Google that was intimidating Now that part is funny where a giant like Google went on to street fight with a blogger… Don’t know if they can individually control the PR of websites beyond their algorithm but they managed to reduce his search visibility somehow. Regardless of that he’s undoubtedly a major online moneymaker!

@Nihar, yes…you should not go against big guys especially when they are bringing in visibility to you

By: Nihar

Nihar — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:57:57 +0000

I didn't know about other side of google. But, it is truth that you can't go against big guys be it in any field.If you want to stay on top you have to leave with them happilyNihar's last blog post...Friday Night Links Party - 03 October 2008

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:48:03 +0000

google really digged many successful bloggers only because of Page rank. Hell !!Abhishek's last blog post...NO Comment in Akismit Spam Queue

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:41:59 +0000

I like Google myself, but I can’t believe that they would be petty enough to intentionally skew numbers of any website, let alone John Chow’s. Now, what’s possible is that John’s site went down because he accepts some of the paid links that Google doesn’t usually like, but its algorithm can’t totally discount his site because of the number of visits his site gets. That, plus his having a nofollow blog, which probably keeps a lot of people from linking to him, might have brought his rank down some.

Still, he posted his $38,000 month on Wednesday, so I’m sure he’s not sitting around thinking all that much about it. lol

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:06:57 +0000

@Ari, as you said taking on big dogs seems to be the ‘in thing’ But every single blogger should remember the fact that it was Google all the way that brought in visibility and fame to him/her.

@Rajiv, I absolutely agree… Google really dug out a hugely successful business model out of something that was just ‘find stuff on web or search’ and even became synonymous to SEM… Nobody has made it big on the web in such a short time span

@sharon, you said it. In the mad run for money some top bloggers end up doing a lot of unethical things…and it is good that somebody like Google controls it.

Thank you all for expressing your thoughts

By: sharon

sharon — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:57:11 +0000

I give Google the all thumbs up! Most wannabe online enterpreneurs use a lot of unethical methods, spamming is the obvious one. Is it not great that Google bashes them. Very sorry if you disagree, but VIVA Google might!! You are at the top because of your excellence.

By: moserw

moserw — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:57:09 +0000

I am all for Google. At one time nearly 85% of my traffic came from Google Search. Now that has settled to about 50%, but not because Google has been sending less traffic my way, but rather that other sources like Yahoo Search/MSN Search, direct bookmarks/repeat visitors, referring blogs, etc. have kicked in and are sending even more traffic my way. There is no way I would have reached this stage without Google helping me out when I was just beginning. Now of course even Twitter helps me with traffic, but it all started with Google and boils down to Google Search.

What I really like/admire about Google is their business model of making great products and services and then giving it away for free and looking to advertising as their source of income. This free giving is really useful and helpful to everyone on the internet and not just us bloggers.

By: Ari Koinuma

Ari Koinuma — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:08:42 +0000

I myself tend not to like big bullies (Microsoft, for example), but I can't help but like Google. Backlash is to be expected for top dogs, but really, they were underdogs first -- who knew that they'd surpass Yahoo and Alta Vista and like and become the search engine king?Certainly not by being anything less than brilliant.ariAri Koinuma's last blog post...The Only One Who Can Teach